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Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico

free from hypocrisy and deceit as it is possible for moral manto be.' He sang several songs during the sermon. His voice was clear and distinct and, though he was then suffering from cancer besides being almost blid, he never permitted his a i c t i o n s to become the burden of his theme." When Henry, Ellen and Owen retumed to Mexico it was, no doubt, a shock to the family there that Henry had cancer on his face, and there wasn't very much to be done for it except to try and keep hirn comfortable. There was no one who was very well acquainted with the treatment of cancer. In addition to the scarcity of doctors, there were no dentists available in small comrnunities, especially in the mountains ofMexico. Even in Cedar City there wasn't a doctor until after the tum of the century. When the children had a toothache that didn't get better, their dad simply pulled the tooth. Thomas related a story of having a tooth pulled at age six while Aunt Ellen held him so that his dad pulled the tooth, having acquired some forceps which he used for such procedures. The molar split into three or four pieces which had to be taken out one at a time. Without any trained medical personnel, when there was any sickness, they simply took care of their own needs with home remedies and prayer. By the fall of 1898 seven of Ann Gower Lunt's children were married. Oscar, George, and Thomas had been such a help on the farm at Pacheco but had, of necessity, gone to work other places freighting and doing odd jobs to bring in a little extra money. They also tried to fit in some schooling between jobs. There was schooling available in Pacheco for just the early grades and teachers were difficult to find. Sometimes the teacher only had an eighth grade education. Thomas writes about completing enough school to enter high school, but putting it off because of not having the means, or time, to leave and go to the Juarez Stake Academy which was a church-supported high school. When they did go there, it was necessary to board with someone because they could not travel back and forth. Colonia Juarez was alrnost twenty-five miles from Pacheco. n George got manied i August 1897 and Oscar was married in August of 1898, leaving only Thomas and the girls, Ellen and Rachel, to help Henry at Pacheco. Ellen and Annie were there, also, along with little

free from hypocrisy and deceit as it is possible for moral manto be.' He sang several songs during the sermon. His voice was clear and distinct and, though he was then suffering from cancer besides being almost blid, he never permitted his a i c t i o n s to become the burden of his theme." When Henry, Ellen and Owen retumed to Mexico it was, no doubt, a shock to the family there that Henry had cancer on his face, and there wasn't very much to be done for it except to try and keep hirn comfortable. There was no one who was very well acquainted with the treatment of cancer. In addition to the scarcity of doctors, there were no dentists available in small comrnunities, especially in the mountains ofMexico. Even in Cedar City there wasn't a doctor until after the tum of the century. When the children had a toothache that didn't get better, their dad simply pulled the tooth. Thomas related a story of having a tooth pulled at age six while Aunt Ellen held him so that his dad pulled the tooth, having acquired some forceps which he used for such procedures. The molar split into three or four pieces which had to be taken out one at a time. Without any trained medical personnel, when there was any sickness, they simply took care of their own needs with home remedies and prayer. By the fall of 1898 seven of Ann Gower Lunt's children were married. Oscar, George, and Thomas had been such a help on the farm at Pacheco but had, of necessity, gone to work other places freighting and doing odd jobs to bring in a little extra money. They also tried to fit in some schooling between jobs. There was schooling available in Pacheco for just the early grades and teachers were difficult to find. Sometimes the teacher only had an eighth grade education. Thomas writes about completing enough school to enter high school, but putting it off because of not having the means, or time, to leave and go to the Juarez Stake Academy which was a church-supported high school. When they did go there, it was necessary to board with someone because they could not travel back and forth. Colonia Juarez was alrnost twenty-five miles from Pacheco. n George got manied i August 1897 and Oscar was married in August of 1898, leaving only Thomas and the girls, Ellen and Rachel, to help Henry at Pacheco. Ellen and Annie were there, also, along with little